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In a large administrative action, the Punjab authorities led by Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party person Bhagwant Mann suspended 2 elder IAS officers with contiguous effect connected Saturday (February 7, 2026).
According to authoritative orders, officers Kamal Kishore Yadav and Jaspreet Singh person been suspended.
Although the reasons for their suspension were not specified successful the orders, sources said that it stemmed from a six-year hold successful procuring smartphones for Anganwadi workers nether the Union Government's Mission Saksham Anganwadi.
The vendor selected by the authorities for providing smartphones had approached the tribunal for the delay, they further said.
Two further IAS officers are said to person been transferred successful transportation with this matter, including Vikas Pratap, who was serving arsenic the Additional Chief Secretary for Social Security.
IAS serviceman Yadav, a 2003-batch IAS officer, was the administrative caput of the Department of Industries and Commerce, Investment Promotion and Promotion of Information Technology.
Jaspreet Singh, a 2014-batch IAS officer, is the managing manager of the Punjab Information and Communication Technology Corporation Limited.
Both officers person been suspended nether Rule 3 (1) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969. During the suspension period, they volition stay successful Chandigarh, arsenic stated successful the orders.
Meanwhile, IAS serviceman Gurkirat Kirpal Singh has been assigned the responsibilities for Industries, Investment Promotion, and Social Security. Singh had been without a posting for the past 11 months.
This is not the archetypal lawsuit of an IAS serviceman being suspended during the AAP regime. In February 2025, the State authorities suspended the past Muktsar Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Tripathi pursuing "serious complaints of corruption."
Additionally, successful August 2023, elder IAS officers D.K. Tiwari and Gurpreet Singh Khaira were suspended for making a "technically flawed" determination regarding the dissolution of panchayats.
